1 Peter 1

Father, by your grace and through your inscrutable choice, I am your elect. You elected me for salvation and sanctification. I am cleansed and forgiven of my sins by the life and sacrifice of Jesus Christ, and I am converted to be obedient to you.

You have begotten me again to a living hope, through the resurrection of Jesus from the dead, to an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled, that does not fade away, reserved in heaven for me. I am kept by your power through faith.

Though I have not seen you, Lord Jesus, you have been revealed to me through your word and by the witness of your spirit who now dwells in me. Thereby, I do believe, and I rejoice with joy inexpressible and full of glory, even though, while in this flesh, I am grieved from time to time by various trials.

These trials test the genuineness of my faith. But my faith remains, purified as if by fire and firm to the salvation of my soul.